Description: The novel that reintroduced the Napoleon of crime to the Victorian underworld is now back in print--after almost forty years. London is in terror. The streets are filled with dippers, macers, and bullies of every description, all collecting "contributions for the Professor." But Holmes saw Professor Moriarty swept over a waterfall in Switzerland! Could it be that Europe's Master Criminal somehow survived, and has returned to battle Holmes again in the greatest crime duel of all time? It could indeed.
Brief description:
John Gardner (1925-2007) was one of the world's premier thriller writers and published more than forty novels, many of which have been New York Times bestsellers. Among his works are sixteen books in the legendary James Bond series, including Win, Lose, or Die and Never Send Flowers. He also wrote six books featuring Big Herbie Kruger, including Confessor and Maestro, which was named a New York Times Book of the Year. A graduate of Cambridge University who did his postgraduate work at Oxford, he had also variously been a stage magician, an officer in the Royal Marines, a theatrical journalist, a lecturer in Shakespearean production, and a priest in the Church of England.
Review Quotes:
"Moriarty holds sway with all the ruthless guile, power, and pomp you'd expect from a gaslight era godfather."
-- "Los Angeles Times"